Skirt, waist, and belt holder.



No. 822,148. Y PATENTED MAYZQ, 1906. G. W. MITCHELL.

SKIRT, WAIST, AND BELT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 1120.9, 1903.

GEORGE IV. MITCHELL, OF LUNENBERG, CANADA.,

SKIRT, WAISAT, AND BELT HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 190e.

Application filed December 9, 1903. Serial No. 184,501.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MITCHELL, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, and a resident of Lunenberg, in the county of Lunenberg, Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Skirt, I/Vaist, and Belt Holders; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 shows the invention in rear elevation as applied. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the invention as applied with thev belt removed. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the slide or grip Fig. 5 is a perspective fragmentary view of the body-piece d and slide or grip f, showing one of the catches g.

The invention relates to devices for holding the skirt, waist, and belt together and in proper position upon the person g and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter a designates the lower part of a waist, the letter b the upper part of a skirt, and the letter c a belt. holding device consists of a body-piece d, having its inside surface provided with catches e for seating a slide or grip f, whereby the waist is held to the inside of the body-piece. The exterior of the body-piece is provided with vertical hooks or catches g for the attachment of the skirt, and the body-piece is usually provided with a hook 7L for engagement with the belt, which passes over the bodypiece covering in the same, as well as the'upper edge of the skirt, in such wise that a neat finish is presented. at the junction of the waist and skirt.

The body-piece d is horizontally elongated and usually of slight longitudinal curvature to correspond with the contour of the person, and the inside catches c are preferably longitudinal flanges which may be bent upward and downward toward each other in parallel relation, as shown, so that the grip f will engage them. The body-piece is also of flattened character or thin in'width compared with its height in order that it may lie close The to the person of the wearer. The grip f is designed to be a spring-slide of skeleton-loop form, made usually of spring-wire and of elongated form about as long as the bodypiece and of proper width to engage the catches c. This spring slide or grip is removable, so that it can be pressed into the cloth of the waist, near its lower edge, and then seated in place in the body-piece by means of the catches c.

The skirt is held to the exterior of the body-.piece by means of pins or hooks g, which are usually made removable, so that they can be attached to the skirt-band and then connected to the body-piece. To this end the body-piece is provided in the main portion thereof, near-its ends, with slots m, forming catch-bearings, with which the pins or hooks g engage, said slots having horizontal holding-walls m and vertical end stopwalls m2. Usually the pin or hook consists of a branched wire with pointed ends, the branches of this wire spreading outward in their middle portions, as indicated at 7c, to hold the pin or hook in place. The lower portion of the branched pin or hook may be formed with a bend at Z, engaging an openingin the body-piece below the main slot, to hold the hook or pin in upright position. These lateral hooksl g have a transverse relation to the slide members d and The belt-hook h, which slidably engages slots of the body-piece d, is designed to have its head p finished in ornamental style, as this is the part which is exposed on the back of the belt when the device is worn, all the rest of the holder, as well as the junction of the skirt and waist, being covered in and hidden by the belt.

The shank of the belt-hook is designed to be flat and of bow-spring structure, so that it can be adjusted to different widths of belts and will be held automatically in position after adjustment, owing to frictional engagement with the body-piece. The belt-hookh has also a transverse relation to the slide members d and f and exerts a strain transversely of said members, as do also the fastening devices or hook g.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a skirt-supporter, the two longitudinally, interslidable, flattened horizontallyelongated clasping members adapted to form IOO IIO

a holding-loop in the cloth of the waist and having a longitudinal curvature to conform to the waist of the wearer and a lateral fas-r tening device for the skirt carried by and eX- erting a strain transversely of one of said members,r substantially as specified.

2. In a skirt-supporter, the combination of the fiattened horizontally-elongated outer member having longitudinal' inturned upper and lower flanges directed toward each other, the inner member engaging said flanges, and a lateral fastening device for the skirt carried by said outer member and exerting a strain transversely thereof, substantially as specified.

3. A garment-supporter, having in combination a body member provided with longi tudinal bearing-flanges, a slidable spring member engaging said fianges, a lateral fastening device for the skirt carried by said outer member, and a belt-engaging device, substantially as specified.

4. In a garment-supporter, the two 'flattened horizontally-elongated longitudinallyinterslidable elastically-engaging waist-clasping members, and a fastening device carried by one of said members, substantially as specified. j

5. In a garment-supporter,v the combination of the two longitudinally-interslidable elasticallyengaging waist-clasping members, a fastening device for the skirtv carried by one of said members, and a belt-engaging device, substantially as specified.

6. A garment-supporter, havingI in combi nation an outer member having longitudinal inturned flanges directed toward each other, an inner spring skeleton slidable member engaging said flanges, and a fastening device carried by one of said members, substantially as specified.

7. A garment-supporter, having in combination an outer member, having inturned longitudinal flanges, an inner spring skeleton slidable member engaging said flanges, transverse fastening devices at each end of said outer member, and a belt-engaging device, substantially as specified.

8. In a skirt-supporter, the combination of a flattened elongated horizontal body member having a longitudinal curvature to conform to that of the waist of the wearer, and a horizontal longitudinally-slidable elastic member engaging said body member to form a horizontal holding-loop in the cloth of the waist, said. body member having a cutaway portion provided with a horizontal holding-wall and end stop-Walls for connection of a vertical fastening device for the skirt,substantially as specied.

9. In a skirt-supporter, the combination with a flattened elongated horizontal body member having a longitudinal curvature to conform to that of the waist of the wearer and having inturned upper and lower fianges directed toward eachother, of alongitudinallyslid able elastic member engaging said flanges of the body member to form a horizontal holding-loop on the cloth of thewaist, said body member having cut-away portions provided with horizontal holding-walls for engagement of a vertical fastening device for the skirt, substantially as specified.

10. In a skirt-supporter, the combination with a flattened elongated horizontal body member having a longitudinal curvature to conform to that of the waist of the wearer and provided with longitudinal bearingflanges, said body member having a cutaway portion provided with a horizontal holding-wall for connection of a vertical f astening device for the skirt, of an elastic member engaging the flanges of said body member to form a horizontal holdingbend in the cloth of the waist, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof vI affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

CHAs. J. SEAMAN, PENNYMAN J. WonsLEY. 

